As the title says, these guys are 5 of the finest center backs in football and they all play for our club, any team would be proud to boast these top stars on their books so we should consider ourselves blessed.
Not so lucky for us is the fact that 2 of them have real serious injury problems and don’t play that often. Ledley has a troublesome knee and can’t really handle 2 games in a week at his peak. Woodgate has been plagued with injuries his whole career and had recently missed a whole year of football for Tottenham. Luckily the other 3 have no serious long-lasting injury problems.
Kaboul in my opinion is definitely on the up and will be a top player for us in the next year or two. My question for you is that if these guys were all fit and able to play week in week out is which 2 would you pair at the back, who do you see as your best partnership. For me it would be Ledley and Woody but I am just wondering how you rate them, I know many will not want to leave out Dawson and that’s fair enough because I see him as future England captain material. It’s a shame we have been unlucky with injuries but put that aside and pick your partnership.
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here’s a idea ;
Kaboul on the right has done it quite a bit for us last season.
Dawson and Woodgate in the center.
Gallas on the Left, has played there at the other two “#¤% london clubs
And king as a defensive midfielder. Played there quite alot for us before he had his problems.
well this will never gonna happen.
I would never be able to choose, I guess thats why i’m not managering the mighty Tottenham Hotspur, but i would think it all comes down who has trained best and has the best form.
Rubbish idea mate even if they were all fit. Ekottu is class and we have sandro and huddlestone for cm. Kaboul is good at rb bv we have kyle walker next season, aswell as corluka and hopefully hutton will be sold.
I know, i’m only making a silly joke, we have much better players that can play in those postions. I was only trying to say i would find it hard to leave one of them out of the team, Let alone 3 out of the starting lineup.
But i you want my view of how our lineup should be next season i’ll go for this
Gomes
Walker, Gallas, Dawson/Kaboul, Ekottu
Lennon, Huddlestone/Sandro, Modric, Bale
VDV
Uknown Forward
I think you have taken mt comment to serious, when it was ment to be a joke.
I do think King and Woodgate will have trouble getting into the team next season.
I’m not going to work on hypothetical’s b/c as much as I love Ledley he’s never going to be a week in week out player. For me I have to have Kaboul starting b/c this guy has everything you want out of a CB, and since he’s come back he’s added the final ingredient that he was missing the first time around, maturity. Then I would put Dawson alongside him b/c they can form a real partnership for many years to come. But, it’s certainly a very nice luxury to have all that class and experience on the bench.
Not agreeing with Ledley and Woodgate at the back. 2-3 years ago yes, but not now. Ideally it would be Dawson and Gallas as the two centre backs with Kaboul playing as right back.
Daws will never have the intelligence to captain England imo, great player though he is.
The sad truth is, Ledley should retire at season’s end. His knees are permanently damaged and they cannot “improve.” You cannot keep having injections to replace cartilage etc.
If he doesn’t quit he could end up crippled and it just isn’t worth it. I saw his first senior game and knew he was something special. However, neither he, the club nor the fans should carry on kidding ourselves that Ledley will ever be able to play much in future.
The same looks to be true of Woodgate. Time to move on – they have earned enough and done enough not to have to prove anything any more. Thank you, to both of them – but please, call it quits now.
Gallas and even a half-fit Woodgate would be awesome – as demonstrated against AC Milan, when we needed someone with a calm head. Gallas and King would also be immense.
Kaboul and Dawson not bad backups! Kaboul can also play right back or holding midfield just as well as Thudd, Sandro or Palacios.
It feels surreal me typing about Spurs with such depth AND quality in every part of the pitch, but it’s the reality this season
Time for King and Woody to hang up their boots. This is a team game and we need players to be there week in week out, because neither can train they are more prone to injury, by the time Ledley is 45 he’ll need sticks to walk and he doesn’t deserve that. Have been privilaged to watch both play but for the sake of their health and the teams future its time to call it a day. Wild Bill is a top CB and long may he last but he’s in his 30′s and it can’t be there forever, this leaves us with Daw’s, Kaboul and Caulker how bad is that?
Regards Baggyshorts
Woodgate and Gallas accommodating a fully fit King as DM assuming 442 else same 3 with hutton bale wingbacks
While it is true that both King and Woodgate were great CBs in their prime, the fact is that they are now both a pair of crocks. Who are now more of a liability to the squad than an advantage, so perhaps it is about time to remove their wages from the club and invest in new, fit, top quality CBs to take their place.
Id go with Kaboul at RB – think he looks like a world beater there.
Kaboul Daws King BAE
That would be my top back 4 – Daws is much better at RCB than LCB.
That said Id have no problem with BillyG or Woodgate filling in.